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Why are so many great people born under this name? Take the quiz and see how great a John can be.
Question 1:
This John was a writer. He received the Nobel price for literature in 1962 for his “realistic and imaginative writing, combining as it does sympathetic humour and keen social perception.”
John Steinbeck
John Tolkien
John Wayne
John Milton
Question 2:
This famous English poet is the author of "Paradise Lost". The long hours of writing under the light of a candle cost him his eyesight. He then started using a scribe.
John Denver
John Steinbeck
John Tolkien
John Milton
Question 3:
This John was a member of one of the most popular bands from the 60s. Earlier, he has formed his own band called "The Quarrymen".
John Lennon
John Bon Jovi
John Major
John Secada
Question 4:
This John majored in philology, which triggered his interest in linguistics. This enabled him to invent 15 artificial languages. Two of them are most popular: Quenya and Sindarin, the two Elvish languages in "The Lord of the Rings".
John Steinbeck
John Donne
John Tolkien
John Milton
Question 5:
This John is the one who said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
John Kennedy
John Doe
John Major
John Smith
Question 6:
This John was one of the greatest English poets in the 17th century. He belonged to the group of the so-called "metaphysical" poets. It was his meditations that gave Hemingway the idea about the title of "For Whom the Bell Tolls".
John Donne
John Tolkien
John Secada
John Milton
Question 7:
Besides being an actor, this "Pulp Fiction" John is a certified pilot and owns a couple of planes.
John Wayne
John Smith
John Travolta
John Goodman
Question 8:
The real name of this John was Marion Robert Morrison. When his brother was born, the name Robert was given to him and the former became Marion Michael Morrison. Then he got the nickname Duke. Most sources state that his first movie was "Words and Music" (1929).
John Bon Jovi
John Goodman
John Wayne
John Travolta
Question 9:
This man is also known as Karol Wojtyla and Juan Pablo II. His reign as a Pope was the third-longest in the history of the Papacy. He named himself after his predecessor, who died suddenly after only 33 days of service to God.
John Major
John Paul I
John Donne
John Paul II
Question 10:
This seafarer John was captured by the Indians around 1600. He reported in his account that the Indian chief wanted to club him to death. He was saved by the 11-12 year old daughter of the chief, who stood between her father and the Englishman.
John Smith
John Bravo
John Mcenroe
John Brown
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